South Pasadena AP Chemistry

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15 Chemical Kinetics
1.

2.

Which of the following does NOT influence

the speed of a chemical reaction?
a) concentration of reactants
b) nature of reactants
c) temperature
d) presence of a catalyst
e) none of these

4.

What would cause the change in the kinetic

energy diagrams as shown?

5.

A reaction has the rate law Rate = k[A]2[B].

What is the overall order of the reaction?
a) 0
b) 2
c) 1
d) 4
e) 3

6.

What are the correct units for a second order

rate constant?
a) mol/Ls
d) L2/mol2s
b) 1/s
e) mol2/L2s
c) L/mols

7.

The reaction I- + OCl- IO- + Cl- is first

order with respect to I- and first order with

KE

mol/Ls. What is the rate of appearance of

O3, in mol/Ls?
a) 0.60
b) 0.40
c) 0.10

KE

a) increasing the H
b)
c)
d)
e)
3.

P R A C T I C E T E S T
The reaction 3O2 2O3 is proceeding with
a rate of disappearance of O2 equal to 0.60

decreasing the temperature

increasing the surface area
addition of a catalyst
increasing the concentration of reactant

respect to OCl-. The rate constant is 6.1 x

10-2 L/mols. What is the rate of reaction
when [I-] = 0.10 M and [OCl-] = 0.20 M?

A time vs. concentration graph is presented

below for the reaction A B. What is the
rate of appearance of B 20 seconds after
the start of the reaction?

a) 2.4 x 10-4 M/s

b) 1.2 x 10-3 M/s
c) 6.1 x 10-3 M/s
8.

a) 0.050 mol/Ls
b) 3.2 mol/Ls
c) 2.2 mol/Ls

d) 0.010 mol/Ls
e) 9.8 mol/Ls

d) 0.90
e) 1.20

d) 1.2 x 10-4 M/s

e) 2.4 x 10-5 M/s

A reaction and its rate law are given below.

When [C4H6] = 2.0 M, the rate is 0.106 M/s.
What is the rate when [C4H6] = 4.0 M?
2 C4H6 C8H12

Rate = k[C4H6]2

a) 0.053 M/s
b) 0.212 M/s
c) 0.106 M/s

d) 0.424 M/s
e) 0.022 M/s

9.

The rate law for the reaction

2NO(g) + O2(g) 2NO2(g)
is Rate = k[NO]2[O2]. What happens to the
rate when the concentration of NO is
doubled?
a) the rate doubles d) the rate is halved
b) the rate triples
e) none of these
c) the rate quadruples

10. Below is some rate data for the hypothetical

reaction, 2A + B C. What is the rate law
for this reaction?
Experiment
1
2
3

[A]o
2.0 M
2.0 M
4.0 M

[B]o
1.0 M
2.0 M
1.0 M

Rate (M/s)
0.100
0.400
0.100
= k[A]2[B]2

a) Rate = k[A][B] d) Rate

b) Rate = k[A]2[B] e) Rate = k[B]2
c) Rate = k[A][B]2

11. The acid catalyzed decomposition of

hydrogen peroxide is a first order reaction
with the rate constant given below. For an
experiment in which the starting
concentration of hydrogen peroxide is 0.110
M, what is the concentration of H2O2 450
minutes after the reaction begins?
2H2O2 2H2O + O2 k=1.33 x 10-4 min-1
a) 0.0961 M
b) 0.104 M
c) 0.117 M

d) 0.00658 M
e) 0.0156 M

12. What is the rate constant for a first order

reaction for which the half-life is 85.0 sec?
a) 0.00814 sec-1
d) 0.0118 sec-1
b) 4.44 sec-1
e) 58.9 sec-1
c) 0.170 sec-1

13. What fraction of a reactant remains after 3

half-lives of a first order reaction?
a) 1/2
d) 1/8
b) 1/3
e) 1/12
c) 1/6
14. Assume a reaction occurs by the mechanism
given below. What is the rate law for the
reaction?
A+BC
fast
CD
slow
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Rate = k[A][B][C]
Rate = k[A]2
Rate = k[A][B]
Rate = k[A][B]/[D]
Rate = k[A]

15. According to collision theory, which of the

following factors does NOT influence the
rate of reaction?
a) collision frequency
b) collision energy
c) collision orientation
d) collision rebound direction
e) none of these
16. What distance corresponds to the activation
energy for the reaction of X to Y?

a) a
b) b
c) c

d) d
e) e

17. At what point on the potential energy

diagram given below does the transition
state (activated complex) occur?

20. In the reaction, H2 + Br2 2HBr, the step

Br + H2 HBr + H is what step?
a) initiation
b) completion
c) inhibition

d) propagation
e) termination

21. In the reaction, H2 + Br2 2HBr, the step

Br + Br Br2 is what step?
a) initiation
b) completion
c) inhibition
a) a
b) b
c) c

d) d
e) e

18. The rate constants, at two different

temperatures, for the reaction
CH I + Br- CH Br + I3

are given below.

t = 30C
t = 49C

k = 1.38 x 10-4 M-1s-1

k = 1.21 x 10-3 M-1s-1

What is the activation energy for this

reaction? R = 8.314 J/molK.
a) 92.7 kJ/mol
b) 200 kJ/mol
c) 40.3 kJ/mol

d) 343 kJ/mol
e) none of these

19. Which of the following is NOT true about a

catalyst?
a) it speeds up the forward reaction
b) is acts as an inhibitor
c) it speeds up the reverse reaction
d) it may be homogeneous
e) it may be heterogeneous

d) propagation
e) termination

22. A free radical is a chemical species that

possesses
a) a positive charge
b) a negative charge
c) an unpaired electron
d) an oxygen atom
e) unconventional political views
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